December 18, 2005

Bush not the first to challenge liberties

Marc Kruman, chairman of the History Department and director of the Center for the Study of Citizenship here, is quoted in an AP article that ran widely in newspapers across the country. The article examines measures being proposed by some members of Congress to oppose President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq and use of the Patriot Act to approve government actions that some see as an invasion of civil liberties. "Civil liberties are always most endangered during wartime," Kruman points out, "and there does seem to be a greater tendency to look for and find domestic and internal enemies during wartime."

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